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Business Plus, Inc. April 2017
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The Business Plus Board of Directors invites you to attend our Second Quarter Board Meeting and Community Lunch.
Agenda:
"Business Retention & Expansion"
Mike Williams, Jerome City Administrator
Connie Stopher, SIEDO Executive Director
Jake Reynolds & Jerry Miller, Idaho Department of Commerce
Thursday, May 11th, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Jerome Country Club, 649 Golf Course Road
RSVP by Monday, May 8th
BusinessPlusInc@msn.com
208-539-6470
Event generously sponsored by:
BBSI, CH2M,
and
Darigold
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- Kirk Johnson, The New York Times
Our region's dairy industry and processors like Chobani impact more than just the news we read -- they also have a profound impact in our economy. This begs the question
"Ho
w does Idaho's dairy industry and its workforce impact the economy of Southern Idaho?"
Answers may be found in the recent study conducted by the University of Idaho's McClure Center for Public Policy Research titled
"Community Impacts of Idaho's Dairy Workforce." Findings were released in March 2017 and compare Idaho's
dairy growth with national trends, analyze labor on the dairy farms and in processing plants, illustrate the effects on economic well-being, and the impacts of the dairy industry and its workers on area schools, health care, and law enforcement. If you are interested in details about the dairy industry in the Magic Valley and our economy, this study is worth reading.
Idaho dairy facts and figures of interest:
- Agriculture is Idaho's largest economic contributor with the dairy industry representing one-third of the agricultural sector.
- In 2015, the dairy industry supported Idaho's economy with 39,400 jobs made up of 3,700 processing jobs, 8,100 dairy manufacturing jobs, and 27,600 in supporting businesses.
- Idaho received $10.4 Billion in economic output in sales from the dairy industry in 2015, and the dairy industry represented $160 Million in state and local taxes.
- Over one-half of Idaho's dairy processors, representing 80% of the total dairy manufacturing capacity, are located in the Magic Valley along with 72% of Idaho's dairy cows.
The dairy industry is an integral part of the Magic Valley's economy. The University of Idaho is partnering education, industry and economic development to construct a $45 Million research and education initiative to build the Center for Agriculture Food and the Environment (CAFE). Stay tuned as more information is expected to be released next month!
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Thank you to new and renewing investors Alliance Title & Escrow, BBSI, Chobani, Moss Greenhouses, North Canyon Medical Center, Oregon Trail RV Park, PCA - Packaging Corporation of America, and TitleOne.
If you are considering investing in Business Plus, or would like to sponsor an upcoming event, please give me a call.
Rebecca Wildman
Executive Director
BusinessPlusInc@msn.com
208-539-6470
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Business Plus, Inc. is a regional non-profit organization made up of forward-thinking private businesses with the goal of growing our economy through job creation in the Magic Valley.
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First American Title Company's story began in 1905 when William Herman Stufflebeam saw the need for a business that performed title abstracts of the county's land records. Herman ran the business for 37 years and after his death his wife Ruth ran it until she retired in 1969. Their son Dwain then took the reins and began expanding into Southeastern Idaho and Montana. First American Title Holding Co. was formed in 2003 and later became Title Financial Corporation, serving as an exclusive agent for First American Title Insurance Company.
Three generations later and still headquartered in Blackfoot, Idaho, grandson Quinn Stufflebeam now serves as CEO serving 29 counties in Idaho, 21 locations in Montana and 3 locations in Wyoming.
First American Title Company offers title insurance, escrow
services, 1031 Exchanges, foreclosure services, long-term escrow collection, and Canaan subscription plans.
Please visit First American Title Company's new location at 1502 Locust Street North, Building #300 in Twin Falls. Ribbon Cutting celebration will be scheduled for this new location. Layne Price is Vice President & Manager for the Twin Falls office and Doug Myers is Vice President & Manager for Burley, Gooding, and Jerome locations. Visit online at
www.gofirstam.com
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We thank First American Title Company for being a long-time investor in Business Plus and involved in our region's economic development!
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Idaho Small Business Development Center's
All Business Conference - May 2-3, 2017
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Idaho's Small Business Development Center (ISBDC) is hosting the All Business Conference at the Canyon Crest Event Center in Twin Falls from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 2nd & 3rd, 2017. Speakers for the two day conference include Jim Angle, Brian Greber, Hope Morrow, Jan Roeser, Kathryn Guylay, Eric Spellmann, Brandi Turnipseed, Brad Frazer, Pam Howland, and Mark Stevens with a Tuesday night reception featuring CSI's President Jeff Fox and All That Jazz. This is Southern Idaho's largest networking event.
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Investor's Business Daily, April 24, 2017
Time 100, April 20, 2017
KMVT, April 20, 2017
Times-News, April 19, 2017
Boise State Public Radio, April 18, 2017
Times-News, April 15, 2017
KBOI2.com, April 10, 2017
60 Minutes, April 9, 2017
60 Minutes Overtime, April 9, 2017
CattleNetwork.com, April 7, 2017
The New York Times - Times Insider, April 4, 2017
The New York Times, April 3, 2017
Expansion Solutions,
April 2017
Expansion Solutions, April 2017
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Cooper Norman, CPAs & Business Advisors
Front Row L-R:
Sara Bronson, RoLynne Hendricks, Lance Fenton, Todd Wadsworth,
Rebecca Wildman, Omar Bernal, Sheila Johnson
Back Row L-R:
Karl Skinner, Wes Robinson, Sara Martinez, Rashaya McKay,
Marilee Allison, Heidi Rullman, Kendra Verhoeven, Trevor Long, Braden Bennett,
Jill Hudson, Derek Schwabedissen, Andrew Frostensen, Paden Allen
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PLATINUM ($10,000-$25,000)
First Federal*
D.L. Evans Bank
Idaho Central Credit Union
GOLD ($5,000-$9,999)
Cooper Norman, CPAs
Idaho Dairymen's Association
Idaho Power*
Project Mutual Telephone (PMT)*
St. Luke's Magic Valley*
Washington Federal
Woodbury Corporation
(Magic Valley Mall,
Target, Best Buy
&
Dick's Shopping
Centers)
SILVER ($2,500-$4,999)
American Real Estate & Appraisal*
Dot Foods
EHM Engineers, Inc.
Elevation 486
Farmers National Bank
Givens Pursley, LLP
Idaho National Lab (INL)*
Intermountain Gas Company*
Lytle Signs
Mountain West Realty
Mr. Gas*
NOVOLEX/Hilex Poly
Oasis Stop 'N Go & Travelers' Oasis*
PCA Packing Corporation of America
(formerly Boise, Inc.)*
Times-News
TitleOne*
United Electric Co-op, Inc.
U.S. Bank
Watkins Distributing*
Wells Fargo Bank
WillTran, Inc.
WOW Logistics
BRONZE ($1,000-$2,499)
Alliance Title & Escrow*
Banner Bank
BBSI
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Idaho Homes & Properties
Best Western Burley Inn
Blue Lakes Inn / Snake River Pool
& Spa
Cassia Regional Hospital -
Intermountain Healthcare*
Chobani
Clear Springs Foods*
Collins Connection
Kent & Cindy Collins
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices*
Columbia Bank
Con Paulos Chevrolet
Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)
Elwood Staffing
Farm Bureau Insurance
*indicates 10+ years of support since 2003
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BRONZE Cont.
First American Title Company
Fisher Construction
Giltner, Inc.
Goode Motor Auto Group
J-U-B Engineers
K&T Steel Corp*
KMVT
McAlvain Group of Companies
Middlekauff Auto Group
Minidoka Memorial Hospital
Nelson & Co.
Nu-Vu Glass
Power Engineers
Starr Corporation*
Stephan, Kvanvig, Stone & Trainor
TEC-Distributing of Idaho (formerly
Magic Valley Distributing)*
Titlefact, Inc.*
Westfall & Westfall CPAs / Impact
Athletic Club*
Wills, Inc.*
Wills Toyota*
Zions Bank
COMMUNITY ($100-$999)
Boccard Life Sciences
Cable One
Doug Shelk CPA with Deagle
Ames & Co.
Gem State Welders Supply*
i.t. Integrated Technologies
Moss Greenhouses
Neil Christensen Insurance
New Leaf Properties
North Canyon Medical Center
Oregon Trail RV Park
St. Luke's Jerome*
Stevens Pierce & Associates CPAs*
Stratus Communications, LLC
IN-KIND SUPPORT
3-Day Kitchen & Bath
Cable One
Century 21 Riverside Realty
CH2M
Con Paulos Chevrolet
Darigold
D.L. Evans Bank
Dot Foods
Elevation 486
Fabri-Kal
Farm Bureau Insurance
First Federal
Goode Motor Auto Group
Intermountain Gas Company
KMVT
Minidoka Memorial Hospital
Mr. Gas / Mr. Wash
NOVOLEX/Hilex Poly
Packaging Specialties of Idaho (PSI)
Project Mutual Telephone (PMT)
Starr Corporation
Times-News
United Electric Co-op, Inc.
US Bank
Watkins Distributing
Wells Fargo Bank
WOW Logistics
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PO Box 929, Twin Falls, ID 83303-0929
BusinessPlusInc@msn.com
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